An upcoming concert at the Allen Theatre will feature a performance by the man who wrote the book on jazz bass.

Rufus Reid’s “The Evolving Bassist” was published in 1974 and, to this day, remains one of the most influential works on how to approach jazz bass play­ing.

Reid gleaned his experience performing with some of the masters of jazz, including Gene Ammons, Kenny Dorham, Eddie Harris, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gilles­pie, as well with his group, the Rufus Reid Quintet.

His career began in Chicago and moved to New York City, and over the years included teaching in addition to perform­ing. His music clinics evolved into workshops and a faculty po­sition as professor and director of the jazz studies program at William Paterson University.

Awards he’s received include the MidAtlantic Arts Founda­tion’s 2005 Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the In­ternational Society of Bassists in 2001 and Bass Player Maga­zine’s 1998 Jazz Educator Achievement Award.

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